QUOTE(rufio0205 @ Aug 19 2008, 12:38 AM)
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...Unfortunately, there is a mistake on our website for the Windshield Top Seal, 914 (70-76). The price for this item is $287.15
EDIT: Couldn't I get them into a law suit for false advertisement...
Short answer - no. Historically, an advertisement is an 'invitation to negotiate.' There is no liability for typographical errors. They've done their part by offering to refund you money and cancel the sale.
Yes, it sucks, especially that they haven't bothered to correct the 'error.' -That- could be the basis for a deceptive marketing practice. Could -you- sue? probably not. It is a law enforcement matter. Send a complaint with your documentation (timestamped screenshot of original price, your correspondence, timestamped screenshot of current (still wrong) price) to the local district attorney / consumer affairs guy.
This is the textbook case: car dealer decides they want to be cute and advertise a car for "2995 bananas." Guy show up with 2,995 bananas, wants the car. They refuse. He sues, gets car. A stretch decision, the court deciding an ad was a contract with strict terms. But if the ad were for $2995 and it really should have been $29,995 it wouldn't have gone that way.
Most sites have a generic 'not responsible for typographical errors' which gets them out of such issues. This is reasonable. If you were a small vendor and mis-posted a price by - say - a missed decimal point, you wouldn't want a big distributor saying 'cool - I'll buy 10,000 at that price.'
Haven't we heard Sierra Madre here before? pretty much always in the grey zone of 'oops, just a mistake...' Followed by vigorous protestations against accusations of wrongdoing... They've been off my list for a while.
Take their 'refund' offer (should just be a cancellation of pre-authorisation) and be glad they contacted you -before- just charging the higher ("correct"...) price and offering to refund you -that- -- especially if it would have involved two-way shipping, withholding funds until part is returned, and the "we never got it back" scenario.